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Tuesday Sep 24, 2013

Back in late June, Oracle and Microsoft announced a new partnership designed to help customers embrace cloud computing by providing greater choice and flexibility when deploying Oracle software. As an extension of its commitment to support multiple platforms, Oracle would certify and support Oracle applications, middleware, database, Java, and Oracle Linux on Windows Server Hyper-V and Windows Azure. Microsoft would offer Java, Oracle Database, and Oracle WebLogic Server to Windows Azure customers. Also, Oracle would offer Oracle Linux to Windows Azure customers. You can review all key elements of the partnership announcement by reading my blog post about it or the press release. Whether you’re in IT, a software industry analyst, or just a techie like me, you knew this was big news.

Now fast forward just a few short months and here comes more good news. Today at Oracle OpenWorld 2013, it was announced that Oracle software including Java, Oracle Database, and Oracle WebLogic Server is now available for preview in Windows Azure. During his partner keynote presentation, Brad Anderson, Microsoft’s Corporate VP of Cloud and Enterprise Engineering, discussed the benefits of being able to deploy and run Oracle’s mission critical software on a Microsoft-based public, private, or hybrid cloud. There was even a demo of how easy it was to deploy Oracle software using pre-configured images from the Windows Azure image gallery. The full list of available Oracle software images is available here.

You can watch a live stream and on-demand replays of all the Oracle OpenWorld 2013 keynotes, including Brad Anderson's, at oracle.com/openworld/live. As news about the Oracle and Microsoft partnership continues to develop, check back here on the Oracle Cloud Solutions blog to keep up to date.

I’m sure most of you reading this blog are fully aware that we’re now firmly in the vortex of that juggernaut known as Oracle OpenWorld 2013 (#oow13). As is always the case, news of new products and services from Oracle and its partners is coming fast and furious. It’s enough to make your head spin! Forgive me for piling on, but during his Tuesday afternoon keynote address, Thomas Kurian announced several new additions to the Oracle Cloud service portfolio including Oracle Database as a Service (DBaaS), Java as a Service, and Oracle Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

Oracle DBaaS and Java as a Service are significant new services because for the first time, customers will have full administrative control over the Oracle Database and WebLogic Server in Oracle’s public cloud. Both services will also be offered with managed services options, making it easier than ever to develop and deploy applications in the cloud. The new IaaS offers an elastic compute service that's compatible with OpenStack Nova and provides virtual CPUs and elastic block storage for deploying your apps. Also being offered is a new object storage service that's compatible with OpenStack Swift for access to digital content over Java and REST APIs. Each of the new services are now in preview and like other Oracle Cloud services, will be subscription based.

For more details about the new Oracle Database as a Service, Java as a Service, and Infrastructure as a Service, read the press release or go to www.oracle.com/cloud.

Oracle will offer Oracle Linux, with a variety of Oracle software, as preconfigured instances on Windows Azure

Oracle’s strategy and commitment is to support multiple platforms, and Microsoft Windows has long been an important supported platform. Oracle is now extending that support to Windows Server Hyper-V and Window Azure by providing certification and support for Oracle applications, middleware, database, Java and Oracle Linux on Windows Server Hyper-V and Windows Azure. As of today, customers can deploy Oracle software on Microsoft private clouds and Windows Azure, as well as Oracle private and public clouds and other supported cloud environments.